Tag: Nebuchadnezzar
The Bible: history or fantasy
Reading names like Nebuchadnezzar, Sennacherib, Tirhaka, etc. can feel like reading fantasy rather than history, but a quick tour of the world’s top museums is enough to realize that these names belong to real people. Nebuchadnezzar, for example, was named in honor of the Babylonian god Nabu (Nabu – Kudurri – Ussur). Historians refer to…